When Jie Li heard the roar of the tiger in the distance, he knew he was exposed, so he loudly ordered: "Quickly block the ears of the war horse! Charge with Ben Khan...kill him without leaving a trace!"
A black dragon of 40,000 men began to charge with murderous intent. The sound of horse hooves on the ground was like thunder, and the entire Tang Army camp felt it.
Xiao Rui exclaimed: "Enemy attack!"
Everyone, whether they were drunk or half-drunk, all lost their drinking utensils and hurried back to the camp to get their weapons.
Old Li Jing stopped Xiao Rui and said, "Let the Xuanjia Army escort you, the prince, and the princess to retreat, and we will hold off the enemy."
Xiao Rui said loudly: "I'm afraid it's too late. Please take care, I will arrange Chengqian and Changle first."
After saying that, he led Zhang Shigui and others and strode out of the Chinese army camp. Li Chengqian's stubborn voice came from outside, "If the lonely king doesn't leave, the lonely king will stay and fight with you!"
It was Tang Jian and others who forcefully pulled Li Chengqian to avoid suspicion. Unfortunately, this kid was a fool. At this moment, he actually learned how to share life and death with each other?
Xiao Rui stepped forward and slapped him, knocking him unconscious. Not only Li Chengqian was stunned, but everyone present was also stunned. This is the prince, do you dare to hit him?
"Xiao Rui, you dare to hit me?" Li Chengqian roared angrily.
Xiao Rui grabbed his neck directly, "What did you call me?"
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Being choked so hard that he couldn't breathe, Li Chengqian helplessly called out to his brother-in-law.
Throwing it aside casually, Xiao Rui reprimanded: "I finally rescued you and sacrificed tens of thousands of lives. Do you think it is child's play? Remember, you, Li Chengqian, owe this place tens of thousands of lives. If you want to stay, Are you going to die? Then you have to pay off the debt first. Before that, you are not allowed to die, and you have no right to die!"
"Do you remember?"
After being scolded by Xiao Rui, Li Chengqian lowered his head in shame and remained silent.
He disliked this brother-in-law very much. Even if what he taught was correct, he still hated this attitude.
"Fang Yiai!" Xiao Rui started to click.
"Ah? Brother Xiao, I, I didn't see anything, I didn't hear anything." Fang Er finally got smart, and like Tang Jian and others, they all turned their heads and pretended not to see the champion Hou beating the crown prince.
Xiao Rui was so angry that he kicked him, "Did I ask you to hide it for me? Not to mention here, even in front of His Majesty, he will be beaten today!"
"Yi Ai, protect the prince personally and slowly retreat southward with the Xuanjia Army."
"What? Brother Xiao, what about you? Am I not your personal guard?" Fang Yiai was a little conflicted.
Li Junxian, Qin Huaidao, Tang Jian and others all spoke worriedly.
But Xiao Rui insisted on giving the order: "Execute the military order! Zhang Shigui, Zhai Changsun."
"The general is here!"
"You will lead the Xuanjia Army to protect the prince and the envoys in the center, retreat southward, rush to Yanzhou City first, and then send them directly to Chang'an when they are safe. There is no need to return to the battlefield here."
What? ? Lord Marquis, the war is about to begin, how can we return to Chang'an...
"Execute the military order! Anyone who disobeys the order today will not follow me in the future."
Everyone had no choice but to do it. Even if Tang Jian didn't want to leave, Xiao Rui, a junior, suppressed him with military orders and had no choice but to retreat honestly.
Li Junxian and Qin Huaidao said worriedly: "Master (Brother Xiao), we are all gone, who will protect you? Come with us."
At this time, Little Changle, who was carried by the Great White Ape, arrived, "I will stay to protect my brother-in-law."
Xiao Rui slapped his forehead, how could he forget you?
"No, you go with them. You ride the tiger, and let Cheng Qian ride Erhua and go with the Xuanjia Army."
"I don't, I want to stay and protect you..."
Xiao Rui scolded: "Obey! Dabai, carry the person into the Xuanjia Army and follow him."
"Where's the tiger? Erhua, call the tiger back and let's go together."
The giant panda roared a few times, and the tiger flew back.
Xiao Changle cried and struggled, and Xiao Rui ordered: "Ma Sandao, protect the princess, and you must not let her leave the team."
"Don't worry, Lord Marquis, I will protect the princess to the death."
After doing all this, Xiao Rui looked at Xue Li, who had been silent beside him, and smiled, "Second brother, you and I can finally fight side by side."
Xue Li nodded heavily, seemingly not nervous, and even a little expectant.
"This Jieli is really an outstanding person. After a huge defeat, when his morale is at its weakest, he still dares to go out to attack the city at night? It's amazing!"
At this moment, Su Lie arrived quickly: "Master Marquis, the enemy has broken through the first line of defense of the camp, and it has been initially detected that at least 30,000 to 40,000 troops are coming. The commander-in-chief has ordered that he will escort the Marquis to retreat."
Thirty or forty thousand?
Xue Li became worried. There were only 60,000 Tang troops, plus his own more than 20,000 remaining soldiers. They were all caught off guard at this time, and many were even half drunk. Being attacked by others is inherently disadvantageous. If the camp is bombed, we will have to flee for our lives without many enemies. Not to mention the 30,000 to 40,000 cavalrymen, it’s over, the camp cannot be defended tonight.
"Brother, there are too many enemies. I'm afraid this battle..."
Su Lie also advised: "Yes, Lord Marquis, leave the green hills and don't worry about running out of firewood, so withdraw."
Xiao Rui said unwillingly: "I finally won a big victory during the day. I didn't expect that I was going to be defeated at night. Jieli, Jieli... I really underestimated you. You promised to take revenge, but it's really a slap in the face!" "
Xue Li sighed: "Alas... the enemy is strong and we are weak. Thirty to forty thousand cavalry are attacking at night. I am afraid that Jieli will fight with his last resort. We can only avoid the edge for the time being."
Xiao Rui had a flash of inspiration, "Come out in full force? Come out in full force? Hahahaha, second brother, yes, there is a way. Change families, yes, change families! The tactics of changing families in a Jedi counterattack."
What to change? Su Lie was puzzled, while Xue Li was thoughtful.
Xiao Rui was overjoyed and immediately ordered, "Su Lie listened to the order and immediately organized his cavalry to go out from the rear camp, bypass the battlefield here, and raid the north gate of Dingxiang City."
What? ? ? Are we going to raid Dingxiang now? is it possible?
"Just do as you are told. If Jieli wanted to attack at night, he must have taken the north gate to hide out. The city is full of defeated soldiers and there is no defense force. Whether you can succeed or not depends on you."
Xue Li said: "I still have several thousand cavalry on hand. I will go with him."
Xiao Rui shook his head, "No, you and I will go to the south gate of Dingxiang City together to make a feint attack and gain opportunities for the change of tactics. Zhao Deyan must be watching the battle on the south wall at this time."
"Brother, why don't you stay? It's too dangerous to go to Dingxiang City."
"Hahahaha, staying is the most dangerous thing. Dingxiang City is like a tiger with its teeth pulled out at this time, and everything that can be beaten is here. I hope, I hope the Marshal and the others will be lucky."
After the plan was made, the two groups were the only cavalry left in the Tang army. They left the camp in the south and looked like they were running for their lives. Jie Li laughed wildly, the night attack was successful, and the Tang army began to flee for their lives.
As expected, the Xuanjia Army escorted Xiao Rui away, indicating that Xiao Rui was unable to take action. Otherwise, given his character, wouldn't he have already come up to kill the general, seize the flag, and launch a counterattack?
